#CBCD99#CBCD99

#CBCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.069 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD99
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -9.06, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 27.30, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0232 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.069 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2096, 58.6597, 38.7029)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD99 #9B99CD

analogous

#CDB599 #CBCD99 #B1CD99

triadic

#CBCD99 #99CBCD #CD99CB

tetradic

#CBCD99 #99CDB5 #9B99CD #CD99B1

square

#CBCD99 #99CDB5 #9B99CD #CD99B1

split-complementary

#CBCD99 #99B1CD #B599CD

monochromatic

#9B9E4D #B6B970 #CBCD99 #E0E1C2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#CBCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD99

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD99	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.069 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdcb7',
    500: '#cbcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd99;
$custom-light: #dbdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD99

secondary

#6A68A2

accent

#38AD3D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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